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Art song honored at the 2021 Darkwater Festival. Composer: Dawn Sonntag. Lyricist: Germaine Shames. Performed by the Whistling Hens (Clarinet: Natalie Groom, Soprano: Jennifer Piazza-Pick). Queries: [email protected].

SONG FOR THE DISILLUSIONED
Covid-19 and the Malady of Forgetting

You who carry history in your empty pit of stomach
You whose voice gets lost in the deaf’ning drone of anthems
You who bear the brunt of soul-stabbing injustice
The wounds you bear are my wounds
The wounds you bear are my wounds

It is easy to forget that love is all-embracing
Too many die alone amid a sea of pixels
Someone I once knew lost the words to tell me
Where the plague had left him
When we’d meet again
Me, I wake each day and breathe the air I’m given
My heart beats ‘gainst my bones
Sun pries my lids wide open
I lift my eyes and scream, ‘I’m alive!”

You who burn inside while listening to the headlines
You whose flesh remembers the surge of stifled outrage
You who’ve felt the sting of others’ seething hatred
The wounds you bear are my wounds
The wounds you bear are my wounds

It is easy to forget that pure love never lies
Sparrows gather at my window
Each dawn they serenade me
I feed them toast and whisper, ‘I’m alive.'

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